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. 1972 Nov;69(11):3394–3398. doi: 10.1073/pnas.69.11.3394

Location of Ribosomal DNA in the Human Chromosome Complement

A S Henderson 1, D Warburton 1, K C Atwood 1
PMCID: PMC389778  PMID: 4508329

Abstract

Hybridization of 3H-labeled ribosomal RNA to human chromosomes on slides resulted in specific labeling of the satellite regions of chromosomes 13, 14, 15, 21, and 22, with an over-all efficiency of about 5%. Differences between D and G chromosomes, and between associated and unassociated satellites, were not significant. Labeling of all other parts of the preparations was nonspecific, and increased in the order: extrachromosomal regions < chromosome arms < centric regions.

Keywords: rRNA, satellite regions, acrocentric chromosomes

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